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Marian McPartland Receives Honor Bestowed by Her Majesty the Queen at Ceremony in New York
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Terri Hinte Publicity
On Tuesday evening, June 8, British jazz pianist Marian McPartland was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of her services to jazz and to aspiring young musicians in the United States. At the ceremony, McPartland was presented with the insignia by Sir Alan Collins, Her Majesty's Consul General, New York. Also present was Sir Mark Lyall Grant, the U.K.'s Permanent Representative to the U.N. Sir Alan said, “Marian truly is an ambassador for jazz, ...
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Philadelphia Music Alliance Welcomes Kevin Eubanks Home from Hollywood to Continue Celebration of City's Cultural Legacy as 1st 2010 Inductee
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Michael Ricci
LONGTIME TONIGHT SHOW BANDLEADER TO RECEIVE NEXT BRONZE PLAQUE ON PHILADELPHIA WALK OF FAME
Germantown Jazz Guitarist-Composer to be Honored at Festive Induction Ceremony along Avenue of the Arts, Thursday, June 17, 2010
PHILADELPHIA (June 10, 2010) -- The Philadelphia Music Alliance Walk of Fame, a living tribute to Philadelphia's rich music history and a vital force unifying the city's diverse cultural communities along the Avenue of the Arts, will welcome home a man who's been a nightly fixture on ...
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JJA Jazz Awards 2010 A Team and Jazz Heroes Named
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Michael Ricci
The Jazz Journalists Association has named eight new members to its “A Team" of “Activists, Advocates, Altruists, Aiders and Abettors of Jazz," along with five “JJA Jazz Heroes," who have done exceptional work to support jazz at the local level. The new A Team and Jazz Heroes will be honored at the June 14 JJA Jazz Awards gala in New York City and at satellite parties held simultaneously around the country.
The Jazz Journalists Association announces: JJA ...
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Enter Music Publishing Hits a Record During Drummies Voting 2010
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JCM Media
San Jose, Calif.,--DRUM! Magazine, one of Enter Music Publishings hip, drum/percussion magazines with worldwide distribution, saw record-breaking vote totals in the just-concluded balloting for their annual drumming awards, the Drummies. According to surveymonkey.com, approximately 6500 drummers posted 120,000 votes in the 40 categories that comprise The Drummies. The Drummies, now in its fifteenth year, is the most comprehensive and diverse poll programs in the drum business. The 6500 drummers, who did participate, voted in categories, ranging from Best Drummer, to ...
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Ornette Coleman Receives Honorary Doctorate of Music from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor
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Michael Ricci
Congratulations to Ornette Coleman! Ann Arbor, MI -- May 2010 -- Music legend Ornette Coleman received an honorary doctorate of music from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The Department of Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation of the School of Music, Theatre and Dance congratulates Mr. Coleman on this great honor, his 80th birthday, and for being one of the most important musicians and innovators of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The event also included a commencement address by President ...
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Hadley Caliman, Origin Records and Kewu Pick Up JazzWeek Nominations
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Seattle Jazz Scene
JazzWeek, the the definitive national jazz radio airplay charting organization, has released their nominees for their 2010 JazzWeek Awards and a number of Northwest organizations are represented.
For the third year in a row Origin Records was nominated for Record Label of the Year along with Concord Records, HighNote/Savant, Mack Avenue, Posi-Tone and Resonance Records.
Saxophonist Hadley Calimans most-recent release, Straight Ahead, was nominated for Record of the Year. Other nominees for Record of the Year include: Dave Holland Octet, ...
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Jazz Arts Group of Columbus Awarded 2010-2011 NAMM Foundation Program Grant
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Michael Ricci
Columbus, OH -- NAMM, the trade association of the international music products industry, announced that the Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) is one of 25 recipients worldwide to receive a NAMM Foundation Program Grant. The NAMM Foundation's 2010-2011 program grants will allocate $585,000 in funding to support innovative community-based music learning programs that allow more people the opportunity to experience the proven benefits of active music-making. JAG will receive $5,000 to support a new program initiative entitled “Adventures: The ...
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Jazz Man: Kelly Roberti Honored with 2010 Montana Governor's Arts Award
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Michael Ricci
From The BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE: by Rachel Hergett
As a child, Kelly Roberti pondered what instruments people played, assuming that the whole world was one big orchestra. “Obviously he plays the tuba," Roberti said of an imagined passerby. “That guy's a flute..." The son of a piano teacher and musical supervisor in public schools, Roberti never wanted to be anything other than a musician. “I was caught, spellbound as a child by music." Roberti, 55, considers himself a bassist, composer ...
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